Paul Simon Quotes
I don't consider myself to be a major talent, so the only solace I can take is to hope I'm growing.
Quotes to Explore
-
I would never date a celebrity. I would want someone with real skills. Doctor, nurse, electrician... tailor.
-
We in the Middle East like to talk politics, we like to argue. Just look at the three prophets - Moses, Jesus and Mohammad. They are all from this small region which creates problems all the time.
-
To be slandered the way I get slandered is really uncalled for, but life goes on.
-
Tragedy is like strong acid - it dissolves away all but the very gold of truth.
-
I had all the fame anyone could want, and I ran away from it.
-
I am the guardian of power, not its owner.
-
ISIS is at war with America, but America is not at war with ISIS - not the president, nor the Congress, and certainly not the American people.
-
I'm a holy man minus the holiness.
-
It's taken me time to find my feet in L.A.
-
I just try to show up and be relaxed and present and honest. And that's my only trick. And sometimes it works, and sometimes it doesn't. Honestly, sometimes it really doesn't work.
-
There's no excuse to be bored. Sad, yes. Angry, yes. Depressed, yes. Crazy, yes. But there's no excuse for boredom, ever.
-
I don't thrive on stress. I love lying on the deck on our houseboat reading a book.
-
When I was a kid, I always had my hair in two plaits. But for dancing, I had to have it in a bun because I did ballet.
-
Nothing else so destroys the power to stand alone as the habit of leaning upon others. If you lean, you will never be strong or original. Stand alone or bury your ambition to be somebody in the world.
-
The harder you work, the harder it is to surrender.
-
Most believers struggle to really believe in the supernatural as a meaningful, deterministic reality except during moments when they are drawn to it, perhaps during a worship service or while reading a novel like 'Adam.' Being drawn to this truth is the first step to living a life in accordance to this truth.
-
I don't have goals in life.
-
Our growing, robust economy is able to provide the average American citizen access to the best social program there is - a steady job.
-
Most of the time I was in grammar school through high school, I was in some kind of rock n' roll band. I would say that at least 80 percent of my energy was involved with whatever band I was involved in.
-
New York is traditional New York, you know what I'm saying? It's the stomping ground of the hustlers and go-getters.
-
Barry White, Smokey Robinson and Curtis Mayfield are big influences for me. But I'm also a metal head. I was in a bunch of punk rock bands. The Bee Gees, hip-hop and the Beach Boys are just as much of an influence on me as Smokey.
-
I don't consider myself to be a major talent, so the only solace I can take is to hope I'm growing.
